British 1823 School Botany Notebook with Drawings Throughout antique Dhorka box They are in pretty pristine

They are in pretty pristine condition though

or to pin proudly to your coveralls before heading out to the garden

Overall size is 5 7/8" x 6"

I have a fantasy that one day at a flea market I'll uncover a beautiful antique herbarium that's been sitting in the bottom of a box for 150 years or so filled with page upon page of perfectly documented pressed and dried plant specimens

British 1823 School Botany Notebook with Drawings Throughout antique Dhorka box They are in pretty pristineI recently purchased a bundle of antique school notebooks from a bookseller in England, whose late husband had collected them, and I must say that it felt rather like Christmas receiving and going through them for the first time! This Botany notebook from 1823 is the humblest looking from the outside with just a simple brown paper cover, but inside a complete delight and I think my favorite of the lot, with lovely handwritten text interspersed